Straight to the POINT

IF THE Government managed the money it already has, then it wouldn’t have to come up with new ways to tax us. TERRY AUSTIN, Totnes, Devon. TOUCH my pension, Chancellor Hammond, and you’ll lose my vote. RICH WOOLLEY, Leicester. I WON’T be following the Chatsworth housekeeper’s tip to first run cold water into the bath before the hot (Mail). You’ll have a cold bottom sitting in a steam-free bathroom! Mrs CAROL EXLEY, Newcastle upon Tyne. PARENTS who send their children to private school already pay twice for their education (Mail) in fees and through taxation to fund state education. TED STRICKLEY, Barnstaple, Devon. OUR overpaid, prima donna footballers could learn a lesson from modest, generous, double gold-winning Olympian Lizzy Yarnold. BRIAN STEPHENSON, Atherstone, Warks. AT SCHOOL during World War II, we were weighed not because of obesity (Mail), but to check we were not malnourished. JACK LEONARD, Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids. MAY I add my suggestion to the ideal leaving present from the BBC for Chris Evans (Letters)? He can take Vanessa Feltz with him. HELEN PENNEY, Longborough, Glos. THANKS to Viagogo, I ended up with the cheapest pair of Jersey Boys tickets with a face value of £18 each, but paid a pricey £142.80. Mrs M. HAYWOOD, Weybridge, Surrey. FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk